Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and incumbent governor of Edo State has won reelection for a second term of four years.
Obaseki defeated his closest rival, Ize-Iyamu, of the All Peoples Congress (APC), by tens of thousands of votes.
The Edo state governorship election which was held on Saturday, September 19, was largely peaceful as only a few skirmishes were recorded.
Obaseki was denied the opportunity to contest for reelection on the platform of the APC following a disagreement with his predecessor and former national chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole.
He decamped from the APC and joined the PDP which gave him the party’s gubernatorial ticket.
In a curious twist of irony, Ize-Iyamu emerged the candidate of the APC. Ize-Iyamu contested against Obaseki four years earlier on the platform of the PDP.
Some political observers are already speculating that Adams Oshiomhole may take an early retirement from politics following the humiliating defeat handed his party by Obaseki.
The former labour leader had earlier lost his position as the national chairman of the APC following his fight with his former protege, Godwin Obaseki.
According to the results announced by INEC, Obaseki was re-elected with 307,955 votes or 55.96 per cent of the 550,242 total votes cast, while APC’s candidate Osagie Ize-Iyamu came second with 223,619 of the votes or 40.64 per cent.
BREAKDOWN:
Accredited voters: 557,443
Valid votes: 537407
Rejected votes: 12,835
Total votes cast: 550,242
14 Political parties fielded candidates for the election!
See below the released results
Oredo (as announced by INEC)
APC – 18,365
Esan South-East (as announced by INEC)
APC – 9,237
PDP – 10,563
Etsako West (as announced by INEC)
APC – 26,140
PDP – 17,959
Ovia North-East (as announced by INEC)
APC – 9,907
PDP – 16,987
Owan West (as announced by INEC)
APC – 11,193
PDP – 11,485
Owan East (as announced by INEC)
APC – 19,295
PDP – 14,762
Egor (as announced by INEC)
APC – 10,202
PDP – 27,621
Uhunmwonde (as announced by INEC)
APC – 5,972
PDP – 10,022
Ikpoba Okha (as announced by INEC)
APC – 18,218
PDP – 41,030
Esan Central (as corrected by the INEC officer)
APC 6,719
PDP 10,794
Esan North-East (as announced by INEC)
APC – 6,556
PDP – 13,579
Igueben LG (as announced by INEC)
APC – 5199
PDP – 7870
Etsako East (as announced by INEC)
APC :17,011
PDP: 10,668
Akoko Edo (as announced by INEC)
APC 22,963
PDP 20,101
Esan West (as announced by INEC)]
APC – 7,189
PDP – 17,434
Orhionmwon (as announced by INEC)
APC – 10,458
PDP – 13,445
Ovia South-West (as announced by INEC)
APC – 10,636
PDP – 12,659
